Sheffield University Speleological Society (SUSS)

There’s been a reasonable period of nice weather so the water flow in the Dales should not have been too high. It was also the CDG annual dinner this weekend so this was an ideal opportunity to sneak up north and do some diving while all the nothern divers were nursing a Welsh hangover

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By Tom1
This weekend a selection of SUSSites descended on the TSG for fun and games. On the saturday me, Ginger Steve, Sema and fresher Sam went for a play down P8 (after realising I’d forgotten the wellies for Sam)…

I went in the alternative entrance to P8 which is rather tight and grim then met up with the [...]

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By Sema
On a fine wednesday afternoon me and Hannah planned to go caving in Nettle. i have heard good things about this cave from Tom 1 so i was very excited to go. Hannah’s got her shinny new van that big and beautiful but unfortantly nameless for the time being. we will find a name [...]

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By Imo
I’ve never really been to Bagshawe  before, due to the £4 entrance fee, which put me off in the past.
The access fee is now a reasonable £2, and so I tried Bagshawe for the first time on Sunday with Pippa, which was my first trip there, ever. On Sunday, we managed to navigate  through [...]

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Journey into the Mines of  Knotlow-Hillocks (not moria)
by Tom1

Having spent many a day in training and contemplation since their last adventure our two brave young boys decided they were ready to take the next step on their journey towards mastery of all things caving. this time their challenge lay down the mines of Knotlow the [...]

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By Ellie
From the one and only story I have been told about this cave I should have been mildly daunted but this was not the case, and when I got there, Gaping Gill proved to be a very fun cave indeed.
We all set off some time in the morning, got changed by the cars [...]

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By Mike
SUSS again ventured to the depths of Gaping Gill in the yorkshire dales, staying at the NPC hut. accompanied by a few MUSC members.
we all made the long walk up the hill to gaping gill and had a few entrances booked, stream, flood, bar, diheadral and dissapointment. people went down all over and made [...]

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28/02/2010
By Mike
After the usual fun and games in Castleton and the TSG on Saturday night I woke to find that the rigging team (Hannah, Tom1 and Chris) had set off an hour ago armed with large amounts of rope. Great! Everything seemed to be going to plan so there was time for a brew or [...]

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By Chris P
So the plan was for me and James to pick up Liz and 4 freshers from the Notty House carpark. A standard affair yes. Apart from the snow coming down. It seemed to be a recurring theme recently that whenever I’m off caving it decides to start snowing, making driving in snow / [...]

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By Tom1
This Saturday me Edd, and Jeff were convinced by Rob 2 to accompany him down the Assault Course in Peak Cavern to help look at the pitches that need re-bolting.  This is by no means a short trip but having said I would help out when it was first suggested shortly after new year [...]

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